It was gathered on Friday that officials of the commission are currently fine-tuning the list.
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The Police on Friday confirmed that its tactical team repelled an attack on the convoy of the Borno State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mustapha Gubio, on Thursday. Gubio was travelling alongside other political stakeholders when the attack occurred on the Kareto-Damasak road in Borno State.
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. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has announced the rescue of 15 minors who were allegedly trafficked and sold for N2 million each by a fake official of a civil society organisation, the National Council of Child Rights Advocate. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja. He said the rescue was carried out during a major crackdown on criminal syndicates involved in vandalism and child trafficking.
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The Federal Government could not provide sufficient evidence to auditors that N33.75bn in cash transfers meant for more than 3.29 million vulnerable households reached genuine beneficiaries, the Auditor-General for the Federation has said. This was contained in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2024 Annual Report on Non-Compliance/Internal Control Weaknesses in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government.
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Three women were killed while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a vehicle plunged from the Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and fell into a ditch. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed in a statement on Friday, saying the crash occurred around 5:24pm near Mikano on the Long Bridge, inward Lagos.
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The Katsina State Police Command arrested 247 suspects and rescued 17 kidnapped victims during operations conducted across the state in August 2026. The Command also recovered an AK-47 rifle, 145 suspected rustled livestock, six motorcycles, a motor vehicle and 1,500 pieces of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, popularly known as “Yar Kwamaso”, among other exhibits.
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The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria and the National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations have signed a peace accord ahead of the 2027 general elections. The signing took place at the National Christian Centre in Abuja on Friday during the 2026 National Christian Youth Security Summit and Thanksgiving Service, held under the theme: “Empowered for Leadership, Service and Nation Building.”
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday expressed concern over reports that some young Nigerians are selling their kidneys to raise money amid the country’s worsening cost-of-living crisis. Atiku raised the concern in a post on X, saying young Nigerians were being pushed to desperate measures simply to survive.
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Former Rivers State governor and Vice-Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will restore electricity subsidy if elected president in 2027. Amaechi made the declaration on Thursday during ward visits across Omuma Local Government Area of Rivers State, where he delivered Atiku’s campaign message to residents.
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A truck loaded with sand has crushed six persons to death in an accident involving a tricycle along the Yola – Girei federal highway in Adamawa. The spokesman for the Adamawa Police Command, SP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident to NAN in Yola on Friday. Nguroje said the accident involved the truck and a tricycle, popularly known as Keke NAPEP.
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Thank you for the update
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update
ReplyDeleteYea, they better fine tune all whats necessary, no rushing or muddling up things at the eleventh hour.
ReplyDeleteSome times, do wish that death penalty be Implemented on some crimes like kiddnapping, banditry et al.. cos I see no reason Integrating these demons back into the society.
Lols, ikegwuru
DeleteNo sufficient evidence to auditors that N33.75bn in cash transfers meant for more than 3.29 million vulnerable households reached genuine beneficiaries.
ReplyDeleteThis has always been the case. They will think they're helping the poor masses and vulnerable meanwhile few cronies are embezzling the money.
RIP to all the departed.